Multiple wildfires burning across N.J. Homes threatened. (UPDATED)
By Richard Cowen and Matthew Stanmyre | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Wildfires continued raging across New Jersey on Saturday night, threatening buildings and leaving a blanket of smoke hovering over much of the state.
As of 7:30 p.m., a huge wildfire in West Milford had consumed 2,000 acres and was 0% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said. That fire, dubbed the Jennings Creek Wildfire, started across the New York line and is threatening two homes and eight structures at the historic Long Pond Iron Works in Ringwood, the fire service said.
East Shore Road and Beach Road off Greenwood Lake are now closed, as is the Tranquility Ridge preserve, the fire service said.
A New York state forest ranger died Saturday battling the wildfire not far from the New Jersey state line in Greenwood Lake, N.Y., according to the Plattekill (N.Y.) Fire Department. The Mid Hudson News reported a tree fell on the ranger during the blaze. The ranger was airlifted to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the report said.
https://www.nj.com/passaic-county/2024/11/multiple-wildfires-burning-across-nj-fueled-by-ongoing-drought-conditions.html
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